Water Resources Management of the People’s Republic of China: Framework, Reform and Implementation
Dajun Shen
Nov 2020 · Global Issues in Water Policy Book 26 · Springer Nature
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This book explores water resources management issues in China and possible solutions. It analyzes a wide range of general and specific topics, providing case studies and a balanced review of the past and present situation as well as future developments. The book begins with a general introduction and an overview of hydrology, water resources, and development issues in China. It then presents a management framework, including a management system, management institutions, river basin management, water pricing, water rights, and groundwater management, and discusses its implementation, covering water resources allocation and regulation in the Yellow River, integrated water affair management reforms, and agricultural water management in northern China. The last section focuses on the current reforms and hot topics, with strong emphasis on stringent water resource strategies applied to the river and lake principle system, recycled water use and water resources asset management, as well as climate change impacts, and concludes with a summary of the many changes in the water sector in China and a look at the road ahead and the areas that still need to be reformed.
About the author
Dr. Dajun Shen is a distinguished professor at School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China; and director of Depart. of Environmental and Resources Management of the School. He has an extensive research interests in water resources management, including water pricing, water rights and water resources management institution etc. He had been deeply involved and significant contributed to the key water resources management policies of PRC in 2010s, such as water pricing reform, water rights system develop, the strictest water resources management and three red lines. Before joining Renmin University of China in 2011, he had 15-year work experiences in China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research. Now he is interested in ancient water rights system and its relationship with socio-economic development.
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